Beyond Good and Evil — Page 5
The question is, how far an opinion is life-furthering, life-preserving, species-preserving, perhaps species-rearing, and we are fundamentally inclined to maintain that the falsest opinions (to which the synthetic judgments a priori belong), are the most indispensable to us, that without a recognition of logical fictions, without a comparison of reality with the purely IMAGINED world of the absolute and immutable, without a constant counterfeiting of the world by means of numbers, man could not live--that the renunciation of false opinions would be a renunciation of life, a negation of life.
A questão é até que ponto uma opinião é promotora da vida, preservadora da vida, preservadora da espécie, talvez criadora da espécie, e estamos fundamentalmente inclinados a sustentar que as opiniões mais falsas (às quais pertencem os juízos sintéticos a priori) são as mais indispensáveis para nós, que sem um reconhecimento das ficções lógicas, sem uma comparação da realidade com o mundo puramente IMAGINADO do absoluto e do imutável, sem uma constante falsificação do mundo por meio de números, o homem não poderia viver -- que a renúncia às opiniões falsas seria uma renúncia à vida, uma negação da vida.
TO RECOGNISE UNTRUTH AS A CONDITION OF LIFE; that is certainly to impugn the traditional ideas of value in a dangerous manner, and a philosophy which ventures to do so, has thereby alone placed itself beyond good and evil.
RECONHECER A NÃO VERDADE COMO UMA CONDIÇÃO DA VIDA; isso é certamente impugnar as ideias tradicionais de valor de maneira perigosa, e uma filosofia que se atreve a fazê-lo colocou-se, por isso mesmo, além do bem e do mal.
5. That which causes philosophers to be regarded half-distrustfully and half-mockingly, is not the oft-repeated discovery how innocent they are--how often and easily they make mistakes and lose their way, in short, how childish and childlike they are,--but that there is not enough honest dealing with them, whereas they all raise a loud and virtuous outcry when the problem of truthfulness is even hinted at in the remotest manner.
5. O que faz com que os filósofos sejam vistos com metade de desconfiança e metade de escárnio não é a descoberta frequentemente repetida de quão inocentes eles são -- com que frequência e facilidade cometem erros e se perdem, em suma, quão pueris e ingênuos eles são -- mas sim que não há honestidade suficiente no trato com eles, ao passo que todos levantam um clamor ruidoso e virtuoso quando o problema da veracidade é sequer insinuado da maneira mais remota.
Vocabulary
- questão
- A question or issue under discussion or debate
- até
- Until; up to a certain point in time
- que
- That; which; what (relative or interrogative pronoun)
- ponto
- A point; a dot; a specific location or moment
- uma
- A; one (feminine indefinite article)
- opinião
- An opinion; a personal belief or viewpoint
- da
- Of the; from the (feminine singular contraction)
- vida
- Life; existence; the state of being alive
- espécie
- A species; a kind or type of thing
- talvez
- Perhaps; maybe; possibly or probably
- estamos
- We are (first person plural present indicative)
- fundamentalmente
- Fundamentally; in a basic or essential manner
- inclinados
- Inclined; disposed; leaning toward or favoring something
- sustentar
- To sustain; to support; to maintain or uphold
- as
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- opiniões
- Opinions; plural of opinião
- mais
- More; most; additional or comparative degree
- falsas
- False; incorrect; not true or deceptive
- às
- To the; at the (feminine plural contraction)
- quais
- Which; what (plural relative or interrogative pronoun)
- pertencem
- They belong; pertain to something or someone
- os
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- juízos
- Judgments; opinions; evaluations or assessments
- são
- Are; third person plural present indicative of ser
- indispensáveis
- Indispensable; absolutely necessary or essential
- para
- For; in order to; toward or to
- nós
- We; us (first person plural pronoun)
- sem
- Without; in the absence of something
- um
- A; one (masculine indefinite article)
- reconhecimento
- Recognition; acknowledgment; identification or acceptance
- das
- Of the; from the (feminine plural contraction)
- ficções
- Fictions; fabrications; invented or false ideas
- lógicas
- Logical; relating to logic or reasoning
- comparação
- Comparison; the act of comparing things
- realidade
- Reality; actual facts; what truly exists
- com
- With; accompanied by or in company
- mundo
- World; earth; the people or realm
- puramente
- Purely; entirely; only or exclusively
- IMAGINADO
- Imagined; conceived in the mind; thought up
- do
- Of the; from the (masculine singular)
- absoluto
- Absolute; complete; without limitation or condition
- constante
- Constant; continuous; unchanging or persistent
- por
- By; through; for or because of
- meio
- Means; middle; way or method of doing
- de
- Of; from; indicating possession or origin
- números
- Numbers; numerical figures or quantities
- homem
- Man; human being; male person
- não
- No; not; negation or denial
- poderia
- Could; would be able to; might
- viver
- To live; to exist; to experience life
- renúncia
- Renunciation; the act of giving up something
- seria
- Would be; conditional form of ser
- negação
- Negation; denial; the act of refusing
- RECONHECER
- To recognize; to acknowledge; to identify
- NÃO
- No; not; negation or refusal
- VERDADE
- Truth; accuracy; conformity with facts
- COMO
- How; as; in the manner of
- UMA
- A; one (feminine indefinite article)
- CONDIÇÃO
- Condition; requirement; state or situation
- DA
- Of the; from the (feminine singular)
- VIDA
- Life; existence; the state of being
- isso
- That; this; it (neuter demonstrative)
- certamente
- Certainly; definitely; without doubt
- ideias
- Ideas; concepts; thoughts or notions
- tradicionais
- Traditional; relating to tradition; conventional
- valor
- Value; worth; importance or merit
- maneira
- Manner; way; method or mode
- perigosa
- Dangerous; hazardous; full of risk
- filosofia
- Philosophy; the study of knowledge and reality
- se
- If; whether; oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- atreve
- Dares; has the courage to; ventures
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